Slow Deep and Hard
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Slow, Deep and Hard is Type O Negative
's debut album, released in 1991 on Roadrunner Records
.
and October Rust
). The album has a rawness that was prominent in Peter Steele
's previous band Carnivore
, but it incorporates elements that would become standard for Type O Negative
, merging styles including doom metal
, gothic rock
, new wave
and industrial music
. Slow, Deep and Hard is a semi-autobiographical album (with heavy amounts of black humor) based on a relationship vocalist/bassist Peter Steele
was involved in. In keeping with the band's notable humor, the cover of Slow, Deep and Hard is of a blurred out picture of sexual penetration.
Piero Scaruffi
, a music historian, has called the album the best heavy metal album of all time, giving it 9/10.
Roadrunner Records
released a remastered version of Slow, Deep and Hard on March 24, 2009.
, although it remains one of their best-loved tracks by fans.
." Despite their meaning, the band met with tons of resistance and controversy in Europe
which they later parodied on their "live" album The Origin of the Feces
.
.
", is about the weight of life, losing the will to live and committing suicide
; the last words of the song and the album are "suicide
is self-expression".
, unless noted.
Type O Negative
Type O Negative was a gothic metal band from Brooklyn, New York City. The band also incorporated elements of doom metal and thrash metal. Their dramatic lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four"...
's debut album, released in 1991 on Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
.
Overview
The album, originally titled None More Negative, launched the band's career (which would later skyrocket with Bloody KissesBloody Kisses
Bloody Kisses is the third album by Brooklyn band Type O Negative. It marked significant stylistic growth for the band in terms of songwriting and production values, and it is also the last recording to feature Sal Abruscato on drums...
and October Rust
October Rust
October Rust is the fourth album by Type O Negative. It was released in 1996, and has a more gothic rock feel than earlier albums. This is the first album to feature Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer, though in a 2007 interview with Dave Manack for dreadcentral.com keyboardist and...
). The album has a rawness that was prominent in Peter Steele
Peter Steele
Peter Thomas Ratajczyk , better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative...
's previous band Carnivore
Carnivore (band)
Carnivore was an American crossover thrash band formed in Brooklyn, New York by Peter Steele , and was formed out of the ruins of the Brooklyn hard rock group Fallout in 1982.-History:...
, but it incorporates elements that would become standard for Type O Negative
Type O Negative
Type O Negative was a gothic metal band from Brooklyn, New York City. The band also incorporated elements of doom metal and thrash metal. Their dramatic lyrical emphasis on themes of romance, depression, and death resulted in the nickname "The Drab Four"...
, merging styles including doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
, gothic rock
Gothic rock
Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...
, new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
and industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
. Slow, Deep and Hard is a semi-autobiographical album (with heavy amounts of black humor) based on a relationship vocalist/bassist Peter Steele
Peter Steele
Peter Thomas Ratajczyk , better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative...
was involved in. In keeping with the band's notable humor, the cover of Slow, Deep and Hard is of a blurred out picture of sexual penetration.
Piero Scaruffi
Piero Scaruffi
Piero Scaruffi received a degree in Mathematics in 1982 from University of Turin, where he did work on the General Theory of Relativity. For a number of years he was the head of the Artificial Intelligence Center at Olivetti, based in Cupertino, California. He has been a visiting scholar at...
, a music historian, has called the album the best heavy metal album of all time, giving it 9/10.
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
released a remastered version of Slow, Deep and Hard on March 24, 2009.
"Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty of Infidelity"
The first track is one of their most famous (better known for its chorus line "I Know You're Fucking Someone Else") is a twelve-minute-long song about being cheated on; the lyrics alternate between the poetic ("'Trust and you'll be trusted,' said the liar to the fool") and crude chants ("Slut! Whore! Cunt!"). The song has been attacked as misogynisticMisogyny
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Philogyny, meaning fondness, love or admiration towards women, is the antonym of misogyny. The term misandry is the term for men that is parallel to misogyny...
, although it remains one of their best-loved tracks by fans.
"Der Untermensch"
Titled after the term used by the Nazis for those they considered unworthy of reproducing. The song attacks those who cheat on welfare and drug dealers, containing such provocative lyrics as, "If you don't pay taxes, you shouldn't vote, so get in line and get back on the boat," and "Spike in your arm, no money for food, yet there's plenty of gas in your BMWBMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
." Despite their meaning, the band met with tons of resistance and controversy in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
which they later parodied on their "live" album The Origin of the Feces
The Origin of the Feces
The Origin of the Feces is the second album by Brooklyn band Type O Negative, which was released in 1992. The album was produced to sound as if it had been recorded at a live show by adding crowd noises, banter with the fictitious audience, and even a song stopping because the venue supposedly had...
.
"Xero Tolerance"
The third track is a humorous look in the inside of a man who kills his wife and even contains samples of works by German composer Johann Sebastian BachJohann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
.
"Prelude to Agony"
This track contemplates the "pain of desire" and particularly of sexual desire. The song ends with samples of "Jackhammer Rape"."Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)"/"The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences"
Track five, "Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)", is a five-minute ambient mix of noise, and a repeated vocal choir. Track six, "The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences", is one minute of silence."Gravitational Constant"
The final track, "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10-8 cm-3 gm-1 sec-2Gravitational constant
The gravitational constant, denoted G, is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction between objects with mass. It appears in Newton's law of universal gravitation and in Einstein's theory of general relativity. It is also known as the universal...
", is about the weight of life, losing the will to live and committing suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
; the last words of the song and the album are "suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
is self-expression".
Track listing
All lyrics and music by Peter SteelePeter Steele
Peter Thomas Ratajczyk , better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative...
, unless noted.
- "Unsuccessfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity" – 12:39
- Anorganic Transmutogenesis (Synthetic Division)
- Coitus Interruptus
- I Know You're Fucking Someone Else
- "Der Untermensch" – 8:54
- Socioparasite
- Waste of Life
- "Xero Tolerance" (includes samples from J.S. Bach) – 7:45
- Type "A" Personality Disorder
- Kill You Tonight
- Love You to Death
- "Prelude to Agony" – 12:14
- The Truth
- God Love Fire Woman Death
- Jackhammerape
- Pain (Is Irrelevant)
- "Glass Walls of Limbo (Dance Mix)" – 6:41
- "The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences" – 1:04
- Venus: Contrary Motion
- "Gravitational Constant: G = 6.67 x 10-8 cm-3 gm-1 sec-2Gravitational constantThe gravitational constant, denoted G, is an empirical physical constant involved in the calculation of the gravitational attraction between objects with mass. It appears in Newton's law of universal gravitation and in Einstein's theory of general relativity. It is also known as the universal...
" – 9:14- Unjustifiable Existence
- Acceleration (Due to Gravity) = 980 cm−2 sec
- Antimatter: Electromechanical Psychedelicosis
- Requiem for a Souless Man
Credits
- Peter SteelePeter SteelePeter Thomas Ratajczyk , better known by his stage name Peter Steele, was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative...
– Lead Vocals & Bass Guitar - Kenny HickeyKenny HickeyKenneth Shaun Hickey is an American heavy metal musician. He was the guitarist for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. He is also the vocalist and guitarist for heavy metal band Seventh Void, and the touring guitarist for Danzig...
– Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Vocals - Josh SilverJosh SilverJosh Silver was the keyboardist and producer for the band Type O Negative. He joined the band at Peter Steele's request...
– Keyboards, Synth and Effects, Vocals - Sal AbruscatoSal AbruscatoSal Abruscato is a former drummer for Type O Negative. Currently playing in Life of Agony and Supermassiv. He is also the frontman for his own band called "A Pale Horse Named Death" which has released one album titled "And Hell Will Follow Me"...
– Drums and percussion, Vocals
Additional credits
- The Bensonhoist Lesbian Choir (which is actually just the band itself on backing vocals, and possibly Val-Ium (from Pist-on))